Countdown to Manama
Posted Friday 3 December, 15.30 Bahrain Time
Things are warming up in the Manama Dialogue green room, with less than five hours to go before the opening reception.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who will give a Special Address this evening, landed in Bahrain last night, where she was greeted by Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (pictured, left).
The two had a press conference this morning, in which Secretary Clinton said she was hoping there would be a positive outcome in Geneva next week, when talks with Iran over its nuclear programme were due to resume. She also said the US was still working to relaunch Middle East peace talks.
A large press entourage followed, and will join, Clinton in Bahrain. The BBC's Kim Ghattas and Reuters Andrew Quinn are in town, while ABC News' Lara Setrakian will also participate. Josh Rogin, from Foreign Policy magazine's The Cable is also en route, and has already filed his first dispatch during a stop-over in Doha.
The Cable will providing full coverage of the Dialogue, and we'll have more updates as the day progresses.
